Woman credits Lydia E Pinkham product in Minneapolis letter
A Minneapolis woman writes to praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound claiming all pain and weakness from female troubles disappeared in three months. She urges publication of her testimonial to show the product's benefits and notes Miss Pinkham offers free, confidential advice from Lynn Massachusetts.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia HE. Pinkham
Jory G. McLpAn
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Encouraging Signs of Life in Mission Giving
The United States and Canada increased foreign mission offerings by 602000 last year, with foreign field income rising 1360000 to total 41844000, about 48 percent of North American Protestant mission gifts. Native converts rose by 164674, and gains in church membership reached 1.5 percent while overseas missions grew 12 percent.
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United States
Canada
Protestant Churches of
America
Missionary Review of the World
J.J. Fill
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Ottawa
Can
Acdnt
Hard to drop coffee but many switch to Postum
A California wife recalls how quitting coffee eased her nervous strain and insomnia after trying Postum. She notes her husband slept better and she gained weight, while a friend also found coffee avoided headaches after stopping. The letter promotes Postum with endorsements and a brief book plug.
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Calif
Java
Hiya
Postum
Wellville
Tme
Guests seek nine foot blankets at Statler hotel
A guest letter to the Statler hotel in USYFALO New York describes a six foot four inch traveler needing longer blankets and jokes about a federal nine foot blanket law. The hotel box of ideas meanwhile fills with varied notes from guests including requests for telegrams in the box and amenities to improve service.
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Usyfalo
N. Y
Anak
Statler Hotel
Texas
Statler
Larabee
Cobalt
Ont
Shoot Up in New York by Western Gunman
A wild west stranger enters an uptown New York hotel and fires a pistol at a group of drummers, injuring a neat youth with a shot to the ankle before vanishing. Police seek the offender as onlookers recoil from the audacious attack.
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York
New York
Fog-Eye
Fog-Eye Smith
Wyoming
False Teeth Spook Raid Breaks Up Seance in Chicago
At 3156 Indiana avenue a spiritualist seance led by Mrs. C. B. Green resulted in the arrest of five participants and Mrs Green. Detective Fitzsimmons identified impersonations of his deceased grandfather and his wife as part of the fraud complaints filed with Harrison Street police.
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Philip Fitzsimmons
Indiana Avenue
Fitzsimmons
Chicago
Fitzsmmons
Twitzsimmons
C. B. Green
Green
Harrison Street
Greens
Egg Feat Wins Bet In St. Louis Express Wagon
Fred Parker ate two dozen eggs at a St. Louis depot wager tied to rising food costs. He consumed eggs bread and catsup with coffee in 15 minutes and claimed the $10 prize, noting his work era and wagon life.
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T. Louis
Fred Parker
J. Pierpont Morgan
St. Louis
Delmar Boulevard
Tred Parker
Parker
Quick Cure Mixture For Coughs And Colds
A simple home remedy promises to break up a cold quickly and cure a curable cough. Mix two ounces glycerine half ounce Virgin Oil of Pine compound pure and eight ounces pure whisky in a large bottle. Marketed as recommended by Leach Chemical Co of Cincinnati.
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Leach Chemical Co
Cincinnati
Shoemaker-Well dispute ends with boots and stairs incident
The excerpt describes a quarrel where the complainant accuses Shoemaker-Well of refusing payment for a bill and of kicking the person down stairs, claiming to have made new boots for him. The language conveys a personal grievance and physical confrontation tied to a footwear dispute.
Doan’s Kidney Pills Proved Cure for Mrs Wolf
Mrs Elizabeth Wolf of Tipton Missouri testifies Doan’s Kidney Pills cured her bladder inflammation and lingering fatigue after she endured back pain and frequent painful secretions. She praises the product and notes she has stayed well since completing treatment. Fog-Eye Smith’s comic tale and Lip Pincox’s quip appear in the same column.
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Elizabeth Wolf
Foster, Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Patent remedies and political quips across a mixed 1900s ad and opinion text
A collage of old advertisements tout Lall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Pills, with testimonials for Cheney and others, plus quips from Senator Tillman. The piece references tobacco ads for Lewis' Single Binder cigars and a humorous line about Ben Johnson's height, ending with a remark on improving a pound cake.
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Tillman
Ben Johnson
Ren
Rallied to the Defense and Schoolroom Moments
A collection of wry quips and anecdotes including Walter Lonsdale praising Dr. Cook and a parlor maid exchange, a Baltimore school discipline moment, a light exchange about a doctor’s opinion on a wife, and brief medical ad lines.
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Walter Lonsdale
Pleasantt Figs Syrup Elixir Appeal to the Well Informed
California Fig Syrup Co. promotes a syrup of figs and senna as a refreshing and healthy laxative. The product combines a fig syrup with plant laxatives marketed as gentle and cleansing, available at fifty cents a bottle from reputable druggists with the company name printed on the package.
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California
California Fig Syrup Co
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